well, That's Show Biz, 05-11-2025 4-6 Mother's Day 2025

Mother’s Day 2025

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

5-11-2025

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and this is the show that brings you music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme.

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• Today’s show was pre-recorded.

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• Today is Mother’s Day so this show is about songs about mothers, to mothers, and by mothers.

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• We are going to open our first set with “Welcome to the 60’s” from the musical Hairspray. We are going to follow that with “Let Mother Vote” from Suffs. Then Lea Salonga sings “I’d Give My Life For You” from Miss Saigon and we will conclude this set with “Motherhood” from the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!. Here’s “Welcome to the 60’s” Hairspray.

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• We are listening to songs for Mother’s Day today and you just heard “Welcome to the 60’s” Hairspray,  “Let Mother Vote” from Suffs, “I’d Give My Life For You” from Miss Saigon, and “Motherhood” from Hello, Dolly!.

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• We are listening to songs for Mother’s Day today and, for set number 2, we begin with the song “Dead Mom” from Beetlejuice. The title may be stark but the song’s meaning may break your heart. Then we will hear “So Big / So Small” from Dear Evan Hansen. And we will end the set with “Don’t Tell Mama” from the 1998 revival of Cabaret.  Here’s “Dead Mom” from Beetlejuice.

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• You just heard “Dead Mom” from Beetlejuice, “So Big / So Small” from Dear Evan Hansen, and “Don’t Tell Mama” from Cabaret as we listen to songs about mothers, to mothers, and by mothers today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [Station ID].

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• Today is Mother’s Day so we are listening to songs about Mothers, to Mothers, and by Mothers.

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• For our third set, we are going back to Hairspray with “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now”. We will follow that with the Finale to Into The Woods, “Children Will Listen”. Then from Mame we will hear “If He Walked into My Life” and we will conclude the set with “If Momma Was Married” from the 2003 revival of Gypsy.  Here’s “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” from Hairspray.

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• We are listening to songs for Mother’s Day and you just heard “Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now” from Hairspray, the “Finale: Children Will Listen” from Into The Woods, “If He Walked into My Life” from Mame, and “If Momma Was Married” from Gypsy.

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• And now for our closing set for Mother’s Day we begin with “Mama Says (You Can’t Back Down) from Footloose: The Musical. Then we will hear “Baby Mine” from Dumbo, and we will close it out with Liz Callaway singing “The Story Goes On” from Baby.  Here’s “Mama Says (You Can’t Back Down) from Footloose: The Musical.

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• You just heard “Mama Says (You Can’t Back Down) from Footloose: The Musical, “Baby Mine” from Dumbo, and “The Story Goes On” from Baby as we conclude our Mother’s Day show.

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• Next week, May 18th, is National Do Dah Day, a Salute to Silliness.  We will be playing nonsense and silly songs from Broadway and Movies.

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• And that concludes this week’s edition “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to assist with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm for more of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU-LP, Savannah, GA, 107.5FM and WRUU.org.  We are Savannah Soundings, Community Radio with Global Soul.

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• Please stay tuned in for “Music At The Movies”, coming up next, hosted by Aiden Peck and I will see you next week. So long.

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